Woven fabric.



H. SARAFIAN.

WOVEN FABRIC. APPLICATION FILED 00120, 1906.

T 1 5.2., W/T/VESSES INVENTOI? A TTORNEYS Patented Dec. 8, 1908.

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IIOVOEP SARAFIAN, OF YONKERS, NEW YORK.

WOVEN FABRIC.

Application filed October 20, 1906.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 8, 1908.

Serial No. 339,742.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, I-Iovonr SARAFIAN, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Yonkers, in the county of \Vestchester and State ofNew York, have invented a new and Improved Voven Fabric, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to woven fabrics such as shown and described inLetters Patent of the United States, No. 820,825, granted to me May 15,1906.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved wovenfabric, which is soft in tread, and provided with an exceedingly strongyet flexible back, thus rendering the fabric very serviceable for use asa carpet, rug or the like.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations ofthe same, which will be more fully described hereinafter and thenpointed out in the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in theaccompanying draw- .ings forming a part of this specification, in whichsimilar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both theviews.

Figure 1 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional elevation of theimprovement, and Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the same on the line22 of Fig. 1.

The woven fabric illustrated in the drawings consists essentially of aface weave A, a reinforcing or back weave B and a reinforcing fillingwarp C. The face weave A is a multi-ply weave, preferably of the ingraintype; for instance, as shown in the drawings, it is composed of sets ofwarps each set consisting of say four differently colored warp threadsD, D D and D, and sets of wefts, each set containing the differentlycolored wefts E and E, interwoven with the said 'arps D, D D and D. Thewefts E and E cross each other in an up and down direction, and eachweft spans a plurality of adjacent warps between successive crossings,as plainly indicated in Fig. 2.

Each of the warps D, D D and D is first interwoven with aplurality ofadjacent upper or lower wefts and then with a plurality of lower orupper wefts; for instance, as shown in Fig. 1, the Warp D starting fromthe left to the right is first interwoven with three adjacent weft-s Ethen rises and is interwoven with three upper wefts E and then pas esdown and is interwoven with the three lower wefts E, and so onthroughout the length of the fabric, it being understood that the warpsD, D, I) and D pass to the face of the fabric by the action of thejacquard as often as required, according to a predetermined pattern, thecorresponding weft immediately below such face warp being of the samecolor as this face warp.

3y the arrangement described a simple and durable face weave A isproduced, the component members of which are preferably of a goodquality of woolen or cotton yarns.

The reinforcing bottom weave 3 consists of sets of warps F and F andfilling wefts G made of jute or other material. The warps F and F areinterwoven with the filling wefts G and with the lowermost wefts E ofthe face fabric A, so as to attach the reinforced bottom weave I) to theback of the face weave A. By reference to Fig. 1. it will be seen thatthe filling wefts G are the same in number as the wefts E and E of theface weave A, and the said wefts E, E and G a re arranged in verticalalincment, as plainly indicated in Fig. 1.

The reinforcing filling warp C is interposed between the bottom wefts Eof the face weave A, and the filling wefts G of the bottom weave l), andhence neither the warps F and F nor the filling wefts G and the fillingwarps C are visible on the face of the fabric, so that the design orpattern thereof is not marred in the least by the reinforcing bottomweave B and the reinforcing warp C.

The fabric described is exceedingly soft in the tread and at the sametime is provided with an exceedingly strong yet [lcxible back, thusrendering the fabric very serviceable for use as a carpet, rug or thelike.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent A woven pile fabric comprising a multiply face weave,a reinforcing bottom weave and a reinforcing filling warp, the said1nultiply face weave having sets of wefts arranged one above the other.and warps each alternately interwoven with a plurality of the wefts ofeach of the said sets of wefts, the said face wefts crossing each otherin an up and down dircctiol'i, and each weft spanllO ning a plurality ofadjacent warps between successive crossings, the said bottom weavehaving wefts arranged below and in vertical alinement with the said setsof weft of the face weave, and binding warps each interwoven with thesaid bottom wefts and the lowermost wefts of the said sets of wefts ofthe face weave and the said reinforcing fil1- ing warp being interposedbetween the said bottom wefts and the said lowermost wefts 10 of thesaid sets of wefts of the face weave.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of 1 two subscribing witnesses.

HOVCEP SARAFIAN. \Vitnesses:

THEO. G. Hosrnn, EVERARD B. iWIAnsHALL.

